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KENNETH LEE SCHAEFER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 25, 1944 – July 3, 1966
Service recordKenneth Lee Schaefer, of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 127
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 25, 1944
- Home of record
- Beaver Dam, Wisconsin (Dodge County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 127
- EDWIN JOSEPH MACNAMARAMajor · July 3, 1966
- HARRY JOHN STATECZNY JRLance Corporal · July 3, 1966
- DAVID RONALD STONESergeant · July 3, 1966
- JASPER DEAN STURDIVANTSecond Lieutenant · July 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHRISTOPHER EUGENE BROOKSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 122
- CURTIS BROCKINGTONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 123
- TOMMIE JOE CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 123
- ROBERT PHILIP CATLINGSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 123
- DANIEL LEE FIELDSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 124
- EUREY LEE HATCHETTPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 124
- HAZE HOWARD IIISpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 124
- JOE EDWARD JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 124
- HERBERT LAPPStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 125
- WILLIAM EWING LEWISSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 125
- RAYMOND LEE MCGARVEYPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 125
- ROBERT JOSEPH MORRISPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 125
- GILBERTO SOTO-GARCIAStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 125
- BERNARD GORDON WALINSKISergeant · Panel 8E, Line 126
- DAVID RONALD STONESergeant · Panel 8E, Line 127
- JASPER DEAN STURDIVANTSecond Lieutenant · Panel 8E, Line 127
- HAROLD B REEDSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 128
From Beaver Dam
- DAVID B MERRILLPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.